Operating and maintaining the decentralized wastewater treatment system (WWTS) serving Woodlands Village at Hickory Hills Lake consumes nearly one third of the condominium’s annual budget. After analyzing the costs associated with the existing system, five potential cost-saving measures were designed and evaluated for cost-effectiveness. Seven alternative treatment systems and connecting into Lunenburg’s sewer system were evaluated to determine if the replacing the existing system could reduce the expenses associated with treating waste at Woodlands Village. This report also examines why many operation and maintenance (O&M) manuals for WWTS fail to meet operators’ needs and proposes revisions to MassDEP’s guidance document that better address the common weaknesses of O&M manuals.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Nack, Abbegail Hawkins

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042617-083915

Advisor

• Madan, Ryan Smith
• Kmiotek, Stephen J.
• LePage, Suzanne

Year

• 2017

Sponsor

• Woodlands Village at Hickory Hills Lake

Date created

• 2017-04-26

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Interdisciplinary

Rights statement

• In Copyright